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Recycling
Recycling

Blue Bag Recyclables
Drop Off Recyclables

Blue Bag Recyclables:

Acceptable Materials:

  • Cardboard: corrugated, tissue, cracker and cereal boxes etc. No wax cardboard or Styrofoam.
  • Paper: office paper, newspaper, flyers, phone books, catalogues etc. No gift wrap.
  • Glass Bottles and Jars: food, mayonnaise, salad dressing etc. No window panes, glass kitchen dishes or broken glass.
  • Tetra Paks: soup, beverage etc.
  • Tin and Aluminum Cans: soup, coffee, pet food, foil plates etc.
  • Milk Containers: plastic jugs and wax paper cartons
  • Rigid Plastic Containers #1, #2 and #5 (lids removed). No motor oil containers.
  • Plastic #1: PET, polyethylene terephthalate containers such as water bottles and pop bottles.
  • Plastic #2: HDPE, high density polyethylene items including containers for laundry soap, bleach and milk.
  • Plastic #5: PP, polypropylene items include yogurt, sour cream and cottage cheese containers.
  • Stretchy Film Plastic #4: LDPE, low density polyethylene which includes plastic items like grocery bags, bread bags, Ziploc bags, saran wrap, and bubble wrap etc.
  • Refundable Beverage Containers: beverage containers like pop bottles, pop cans, juice containers, tetra paks and water bottles should be returned for a refund but can be included in the blue bag for convenience.

Recyclables DO NOT have to be sorted, however they do need to be CLEAN and DRY. All recyclable materials can be put in the same see-through blue bag and placed curbside on collection day or be dropped off at the Recycling Depot.

Blue Bags from both Abbotsford and Mission are delivered to the Abbotsford site of the Abbotsford Community Services Recycling Program for sorting and processing.

Drop Off Recyclables:

The Abbotsford Community Services Recycling Program also has depots with drop off areas in Abbotsford and Mission where residents can bring blue bag recyclables as well as other recyclable materials at no charge. Abbotsford Community Services Recycling Program does not provide payment for recyclable materials (pop bottles, scrap metal, cardboard etc).

Materials accepted at drop off locations: